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0000Miami Dade College, InterAmerican Campus Department of World LanguagesEAP 0300 - Speech/Listening Level 3CONTACT INFORMATION Professor: E-Mail address: @mdc.eduTelephone: Office Hours:I will be available to students on (day) at (hour) for additional assistance. Course Schedule:Day:Room:Time:Course Description: Students develop speaking and listening skills necessary for participating in classroom discussions with an emphasis on clarification through rewording and asking questions. (3 credits)Prerequisites: EAP 0200 or equivalent proficiency Co-requisites: EAP 0300LCourse Competencies:PRODUCTIONCompetency 1: The student will use grammatical structures consistent withlevels 1-petency 2: The student will by participate in classroom discussionswith emphasis on narrating and describing situations todevelop oral communication skills including fluency, ideasequencing, accuracy, vocabulary, and petency 3: The student will demonstrate the ability to ask and answerquestions, reword statements, and ask for petency 4: The student will actively participate and be sufficientlyunderstood in role-playing, simulating simple social andacademic PREHENSIONCompetency 5: The student will understand questions and directionsappropriate to the petency 6: The student will understand the main idea and major andminor details of a short oral petency 7: The student will be able to draw conclusions, make simplepredictions, and relate the content of a short oral discourseto personal petency 8: The student will take simple dictation of connecteddiscourse.Learning OutcomesThis course will address MDC’s Learning Outcomes #1, 4, 5, and 7. As graduates of Miami-Dade College, students will be able to:Communicate effectively using listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.Formulate strategies to locate, evaluate, and apply information.Demonstrate knowledge of diverse cultures, including global and historical perspectives.Demonstrate knowledge of ethical thinking and its application to issues in society.RULES AND POLICIESTextbooks are required for this program. You should also have a good dictionary. Attendance is required. After 3 consecutive absences without notification, the instructor may drop you from the class. If you are going to be absent from class, you MUST email your professor beforehand at his/her email above. Attendance is mandatory on exam days. Punctuality is required. Students who are consistently late to class may see their grade lowered as a result. Homework is required. Instructors reserve the right to require graded or non-graded supplementary work in class or as homework.Dropping/adding or withdrawing from a class is the student’s responsibility. Professors may drop students from class for no-shows and non-attendance.Electronic device policy for EAP students: The use of electronic devices in the classroom is intended to enhance the learning environment for all students. Your professor will tell you when, if, and what type of technology is to be used during class. Out of respect for your professor, please put all phones on vibrate/silent mode during class. During quizzes, tests, and exams, electronic devices are prohibited. If in doubt, ask your professor if it is okay to use an electronic device (cell phone, laptop, tablet, etc.) Student records will be kept for one additional semester. Inquiries regarding grades must be presented within this time as outlined in Procedure 8301 of the Student Handbook.QUIZZES, TESTS and EXAMS: Students must be in class on quiz, test and exam days. There will be no make-ups unless the student officially excuses the absence with the instructor (note from a doctor, an immigration officer, etc.)Grades of INCOMPLETE will be assigned ONLY in extreme cases. Documentation of the emergency must be provided and an agreement to complete the outstanding work must be signed as outlined in Procedure 8381.Student code of conduct: the college policy is located here: Please familiarize yourself with the document.Students who have a disability that may affect their performance in class are encouraged to contact ACESS services as soon as possible. The office will be able to provide help to you in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Please inform your professor during the first week of class if you will need accommodations due to a disability that might otherwise affect your performance in class. As per the academic honesty policy, available at 4/4035, students who are caught cheating, collaborating without permission, plagiarizing, etc., will be penalized. A professor may (1) make you retake/ resubmit an assignment or (2) change the grade of the assignment or (3) give a grade of F on the assignment or (4) lower your grade for the course. If a student is absent, he/she must call another student in the class, or the instructor, to find out the work done and the homework. He/she must come prepared for the next class.Name, telephone #, e-mail of two classmates: 1) ________________________________________________________________ 2) ________________________________________________________________GRADING SCALE 90 -100 = A80-89 = B70-79 = C 60-69 = D 0-59 = F(D AND F ARE NOT PASSING GRADES.)GRADE DISTRIBUTIONTests 80%Class participation 20%100% EAP0300 - Speech Level 3 - Course OutlineTEXTEAP 0300SpeechLevel 3Top Notch 3, Saslow and Ascher, 2nd edition. 2011.Pearson-Longman.Supplement: Student Audio CDSCourse OutlineWeekUnit/ReadingAssessment/ HomeworkWeeks 1-2:??Unit 1: Make Small Talk Pages: 2-13Weeks 3-4: Unit 2: Health MattersPages: 14-25Test/Interview 1Weeks 5-6: Unit 3: Getting Things DonePages: 26-37Week 7-8Unit 4: Reading for Pleasure.Pages: 38- 49MIDTERM EXAMWeeks 9-10?Unit 5: Natural Disasters or UnitPage:50-61 or Unit 8: Inventions and DiscoveriesPages:86-97Weeks 11-12?Unit 6: Life PlansPages:62-73Weeks 13-14Unit 9: Controversial IssuesPages:98-109Test/Interview 2Week 15Unit 7: Holidays and TraditionsPages: 74-85Week 16Final Project and/or Final Listening/Speech ExamStudents may submit final projects in the last week of class. A final listening and speaking exam is required for final exam week.FINAL EXAM Learning resources/Tutoring ServicesTutoring is available in the Language Lab #1218Disability ServicesACCESS Department - students who experience learning difficulties or have disabilities are urged to visit an ACCESS advisor to determine if eligible for any special servicesCALENDARFall Term 2015-1Aug. (Mon.) 24Evening and Weekday classes begin*(Fri.) 28 Last day to drop classes with 100% refund for regular Fall Termclasses(Sat.) 29 Saturday classes begin*Sept. (Sat.-Mon.) 5-7 Holiday Period – Labor DayNov. (Tues.) 3 Last day to apply for institutional credit by examination, forindividual course withdrawal, and complete withdrawal fromcollege(Wed.) 11 Holiday Period – Veterans Day(Thurs.-Sun.) 26-29 Holiday Period – ThanksgivingDec. (Fri.) 18 Last day of classes and examinationsDec. 21, 2015 – Jan. 3, 2016 Winter Break----------------------------Spring Term 2015-2, 2016Jan. (Tues.) 5 Evening and Weekday classes begin*(Sat.) 9 Saturday classes begin*(Mon.) 11 Last day to drop classes with 100% refund for regular Spring Term classes(Sat.-Mon.) 16-18 Holiday Period – Martin Luther King, Jr. DayFeb. (Sat.-Mon.) 13-15 Holiday Period – Presidents’ DayMar. (Wed.) 16Last day to apply for institutional credit by examination, for individual course withdrawal, and complete withdrawal fromcollege(Mon.) 28 Last day to apply for graduation and have name appear in Commencement program(Fri.-Sun.) 25-27 Spring RecessApr. (Fri.) 29 Last day of classes and examinations(Sat.) 30 Faculty grade input ends at 12:00 noon ................
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